Ambush Party
Creature — Human Rogue
First strike, haste
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Homelands
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #30094
Ambush Party puts two bodies with haste on the board for five mana — immediate pressure, no setup required. The cost is raw efficiency: five mana for two 2/2s is well below the curve in any format where competition for spell slots is real.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Ambush Party is a budget filler option at best — five mana for two hasty 2/2s doesn't move the needle in a 40-life format where opponents have had five turns to establish board presence. Pauper is where Ambush Party has the most realistic home, since the common card pool thins out haste enablers and two bodies for five is more palatable in a 20-life game. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters; the efficiency bar is far too high for a five-mana sorcery to see play.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Ambush Party is deep bulk — you're picking it up out of a commons box, not tracking it on a buylist. There's no meaningful price floor to speak of, and nothing in the card's power level suggests demand will change that.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.